Alabama HIV inmates

A tentative settlement of a federal lawsuit calls for the Alabama prison system to pay $1.3 million to American Civil Liberties Union attorneys who sued…

Credit AP Photo/Jamie MartinAn inmate at Tutwiler Prison for Women has testified about life in prison under the Alabama prison system's policy of keeping…

State officials say they'll no longer segregate HIV-positive prison inmates from the general population. Department of Corrections Commissioner Kim Thomas…

South Carolina's recent decision to end the segregation of HIV-positive prison inmates leaves Alabama as the last state to continue the practice. A…

Alabama prisons officials are headed to court to defend a long-standing policy that segregates inmates who have tested positive for HIV. The American…

A lawsuit challenging Alabama's segregation of inmates with HIV is going to trial.U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson issued an order Wednesday rejecting…